PHOTOPOLITICS AND DISPLACEMENT IN T

This book explores the role of photography in documenting displacement, focusing on the Mediterranean region from 2015 onwards. It questions how photography can create spaces of possibility for the displaced in the face of global ideological drives that lead to the Anthropocene. Chapters cover key aspects of displacement, such as crises as historical processes, lived experiences of protracted relegation, domicide, and encampments, and hope for the future.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 24 March 2022
Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS

This comprehensive volume delves into the profound and multifaceted relationship between photography and displacement, particularly in the Mediterranean region from 2015 onwards. It explores the devastating environmental and social breakdown of places, as well as the forced migration of individuals, resulting in displacement. The pervasive presence of photography in documenting displacement plays a pivotal role in shaping public perceptions, by sensitizing individuals to the plight of the displaced and reinforcing the notion of displacement through repeated exposure.

Through a diverse collection of images, both by established and amateur photographers, as well as ethnographic notes derived from interviews with displaced individuals and those who work closely with them, Parvati Nair examines the extent to which photography offers a space of possibility for the displaced in the face of globally dominant ideological drives that contribute to the Anthropocene. The book's chapters delve into various critical aspects of this mass phenomenon, including the notion of crises no longer as exceptional events but as historical processes, the lived experiences of protracted relegation to borders and the constant threat of death, the prevalence of domicide (the killing of displaced individuals), the expansion of encampments, and the search for hope for the future.

This book appeals to scholars and researchers in the fields of photography theory, migration and refugee studies, art history, Mediterranean studies, and political science. It provides valuable insights into the complex dynamics of displacement, the role of photography in documenting and shaping its experiences, and the potential for artistic and social interventions to address and mitigate the consequences of displacement.

ISBN-13: 9781350116191